Welcome! My name is Ryan Vollmuth and I was hired by West Islip School District as a Transition Coordinator.
My role in district is to assist students from 7th through 12th grade with developing post-graduation career plans.
My primary duties include:
- Assisting students to complete career interest inventories and transitional assessments to identify potential career goals
- Providing students the opportunity to speak with individuals of various career backgrounds to assist them with better understanding their career goals
- Developing work based learning and internship opportunities for students
- Referring parents and students for service assistance (i.e. Guardianship, Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), Office of Mental Health (OMH), Adult Career & Continuing Education Services - Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR)
- Assisting students with obtaining academic accommodations while enrolled in college, trade schools or prior to taking certification and licensing examinations